Polybrominated Dibenzo-P-Dioxins and Dibenzofurans

Dioxins and Health: Including Other Persistent Organic Pollutants and Endocrine Disruptors: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 255-302

  Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^a   Liao, Chunyang ^a   Moon, Hyo Bang ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

PBDD Fs as by products, in waste incineration; PBDD Fs toxicity, bioaccumulative, activating AhR; PBDDs and dibenzofurans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876442413     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118184141.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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